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The Kalb Report - A Conversation with Judy Woodruff
In a distinguished network television career that began with her coverage of Jimmy Carter’s presidential campaign for NBC News, Judy Woodruff has remained at the pinnacle of broadcast journalism for 40 years. Having served as chief White House correspondent for NBC and PBS, the host of CNN’s Inside Politics, and now co-anchor and managing editor of PBS NewsHour, Woodruff has had a front row seat to world events, as well as some of the most notable campaigns, elections, and political scandals in American history. On this edition of The Kalb Report, moderator Marvin Kalb and Judy Woodruff…
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NPC Luncheon with Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker
Penny Pritzker, the 38th U.S. Secretary of Commerce spoke at an NPC luncheon event on April 18, 2016. Secretary Pritzker discussed the strategic plan for the Commerce Department that continues to expand trade and investment for American businesses and entrepreneurs. Secretary Pritzker’s 27 years of private sector experience enhanced her work with the business community helping advance the President’s priorities of expanding growth and opportunity for all Americans.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt Becomes an NPC Member
March 29, 1933: President Franklin D. Roosevelt became a National Press Club member and was assigned to cover the White House. In the above newsreel video from British Pathé, he accepts his membership card from NPC president Raymond P. Brandt of the St. Louis Post Dispatch and makes a joke about not getting a salary to date despite having been inaugurated two months earlier. During the ceremony Roosevelt’s favorite song - "Home, Home on the Range" - was sung by Metropolitan Opera singer Charles Thomas at the black tie dinner in the president's honor for the Club's Silver Jubilee.
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FOIA at 50
On March 16, 2016, the National Press Club Journalism Institute hosted a panel of experts for a discussion on how the U.S. Freedom of Information Act is being applied and how it can be improved. FOIA is one of the most important tools at journalists’ disposal for uncovering government information. However, nearly 50 years since its inception, many observers say the FOIA process is hamstrung by delays and overly broad redactions. Panelists included: Jason Leopold, senior investigative reporter at Vice News; David Sobel, counsel at Electronic Frontier Foundation and head of its FOIA litigation…
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Welcome Home, Jason Rezaian
Washington Post journalist Jason Rezaian spent 545 days isolated in an Iranian prison, a political hostage unjustly tried and convicted for doing what journalists do across the globe. Now he's free, and the National Press Club threw a welcome home event on March 14 to celebrate his return. The gathering doubled as a way to call attention to the challenges faced by journalists everywhere.
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NPC Luncheon with Ken Burns & Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Acclaimed Emmy Award winning filmmaker Ken Burns was joined by Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., will talk about race in America at a National Press Club luncheon on March 14, 2016. The history of race has captured the attention of both men and now Burns and Gates have teamed up to host a national lecture series that takes a deeper dive on the issue. The two were brought together following the mass shooting at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina in 2015. Ken Burns film "Jackie Robinson" is set to premiere in April and Henry Louis Gates Jr. film "…
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NPC Luncheon with WMATA CEO Paul Wiedefeld
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority General Manager and CEO Paul Wiedefeld discussed the future of the transit system at a National Press Club luncheon on March 7, 2016. Metro is entering its most challenging period since it opened 40 years ago. It’s facing declining ridership combined with rising expenses and a fractured leadership structure among the four jurisdictions that govern the system. Serious safety lapses over the years have caused deaths while everlasting repairs and reduced service have caused riders to choose other transportation options. Wiedefeld took over as Metro'…
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The Kalb Report: Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg & Antonin Scalia
A high moment in the history of the National Press Club occurred the evening of April 17, 2014 when Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg joined moderator Marvin Kalb to discuss "45 Words," the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The executive producer of the The Kalb Report series and 2020 National Press Club President Michael Freedman remembers the evening as "meaningful, memorable, elegant and eloquent." He added, "Justices Ginsburg and Scalia reminded all of us that evening that we can have our ideological differences and still be close friends and colleagues,…
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NPC Book Rap: Rod Nordland
New York Times correspondent Rod Nordland discussed his new book, "The Lovers: Afghanistan's Romeo and Juliet, the True Story of How They Defied Their Families and Escaped an Honor Killing," on February 10, 2016. The book is a riveting, real-life equivalent of "The Kite Runner"—an astonishingly powerful and profoundly moving story of a young couple willing to risk everything for love that puts a human face on the ongoing debate about women’s rights in the Muslim world.
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Rod Nordland Highlights
Highlights from New York Times correspondent Rod Nordland's appearance at the National Press Club to promote his new book, "The Lovers: Afghanistan's Romeo and Juliet, the True Story of How They Defied Their Families and Escaped an Honor Killing," on February 10, 2016.
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